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4:31pm PDT |
Man accused of arming cartels arrested |
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Summary: The alleged leader of a firearms trafficking network believed to be smuggling guns into Mexico -- where police say they are used against law enforcement officers by members of Mexican drug cartels -- was arrested Thursday in Arizona, authorities said.
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4:29pm PDT |
Diplomats: Iran assembling centrifuges
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Summary: AP - Iran has assembled hundreds of advanced machines reflecting a possible intention to speed up uranium enrichment, diplomats have told The Associated Press. |
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4:29pm PDT |
Bid to find beach victim's family |
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Summary: Police try to contact the family of a woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach. |
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4:25pm PDT |
Rice pinch |
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Summary: Asia hit by rising prices and supply shortages |
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4:21pm PDT |
Blackwater VP: Too soon to judge Baghdad shootings
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Summary: Reuters - A top official in the U.S. private
security firm Blackwater said on Thursday it was too soon to
pass judgment on the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by its
employees last September and urged critics to await an FBI
report. |
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4:19pm PDT |
Strike 'may shut half of schools' |
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Summary: A poll of teachers suggests a planned one-day strike could close half of schools in England and Wales. |
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4:12pm PDT |
Hundreds trapped on Tube |
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Summary: Hundreds of commuters are stuck on the Tube for three hours as a power cut affects the entire Jubilee Line. |
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4:11pm PDT |
Binge drinking 'damages memory' |
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Summary: Teenagers who binge drink are at risk of short-term memory problems days later, a study suggests. |
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4:11pm PDT |
Rise in women doctors 'worrying' |
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Summary: The rising number of female doctors is "bad for medicine", and universities should recruit more men, a GP warns. |
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4:04pm PDT |
Cranford star wins critics award |
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Summary: Dame Eileen Atkins wins best TV actress for BBC drama Cranford at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. |
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4:01pm PDT |
Why it may be better not to speak up if you're a Brummie |
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Summary: A new study finds that your accent could affect how intelligent other people think you are. |
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3:48pm PDT |
States may free inmates to save millions
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Summary: AP - Lawmakers from California to Kentucky are trying to save money with a drastic and potentially dangerous budget-cutting proposal: releasing tens of thousands of convicts from prison, including drug addicts, thieves and even violent criminals. |
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3:45pm PDT |
What if the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had lived? |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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3:35pm PDT |
Slayings rattle laid-back campus |
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3:35pm PDT |
Bomb parts at U.S. airport could have exploded: FBI
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The liquid packed in an Air
Jamaica passenger's suitcase could have caused a disastrous
explosion if it had ignited in mid-air, an FBI agent said on
Thursday at a hearing for a man charged with trying to take
bomb parts on a plane. |
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3:25pm PDT |
State Dept. to Zimbabwe: Free seized Americans |
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Summary: Zimbabwe government forces today began cracking down on the main opposition party and foreign journalists -- including a New York Times reporter -- hours after officials announced another delay in releasing election results. A State Department spokesman c |
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3:25pm PDT |
Obama outraises Clinton 2-1 in March
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama raked in $40 million in March, leaving Hillary Rodham Clinton and her $20 million in the fundraising dust and stuffing his campaign treasury so he can outspend her in the crucial Pennsylvania primary. |
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3:11pm PDT |
Cannibal fantasy child killer sent to death row |
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3:01pm PDT |
Congress marks King anniversary |
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Summary: The US Congress holds a ceremony on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination. |
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2:55pm PDT |
Clinton says she will defend gay rights
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she would defend gay rights as president and eliminate disparities for same-sex couples in federal law, including immigration and tax policy. |
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2:50pm PDT |
Alitalia announces new chairman |
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Summary: Ailing airline Alitalia announces a new chairman, after takeover talks with Air France-KLM collapse. |
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2:34pm PDT |
Lincoln letter from 1864 fetches $3.4 million |
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Summary: A rare Lincoln manuscript sold for $3.4 million on Thursday at Sotheby's auction house. The 1864 letter in which Abraham Lincoln replies to the abolitionist pleas of 195 young boys and girls was bought by a private American collector over the phone.
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2:29pm PDT |
Zimbabwe police 'raid MDC office' |
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Summary: Zimbabwe police reportedly raid an opposition office and arrest foreign journalists, as the country awaits poll results. |
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2:29pm PDT |
More poll results come in for crisis-hit Zimbabwe
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Summary: Reuters - More delayed election results started
trickling in on Thursday as crisis-stricken Zimbabwe anxiously
awaited a leadership meeting expected to discuss the biggest
challenge to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule. |
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2:23pm PDT |
Report says 90,000 U.S. infants maltreated a year
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - About one of every 43 U.S. infants
is physically abused or neglected annually, and those babies
are especially at risk in the first week of their lives, U.S.
health officials said on Thursday. |
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2:20pm PDT |
New evidence of earliest North Americans
(AP)
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Summary: AP - New evidence shows humans lived in North America more than 14,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than had previously been known. Discovered in a cave in Oregon, fossil feces yielded DNA indicating these early residents were related to people living i |
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2:19pm PDT |
Zimbabwe opposition offices ransacked
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists Thursday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-yea |
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2:11pm PDT |
'Goldilocks' found asleep at Wash. home
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A "Goldilocks" was found sleeping in a Chehalis home. Deputy Police Chief Randy Kaut said when the family woke up Wednesday they found an 18-year-old stranger asleep in a bed. |
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2:08pm PDT |
Phils nick Nats 8-7 on bases-loaded walk
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Jesus Colome walked Jayson Werth to force in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Philadelphia Phillies an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday. |
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1:57pm PDT |
Judge calls NFL player 'one-man crime wave' |
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